monkmartinez

I have Container station[1] and Virtualization Station[2] running fine...

[1] https://www.qnap.com/solution/container_station/en/ [2] https://www.qnap.com/solution/virtualization-station/en-au/

Is anyone else just completely lost inside Intel's Canyons and Lakes? To carry the analogy a bit further, the maps I've found that detail the Lakes and Canyons aren't much help due to the Core, Pentium and Celeron monikers.

At this point, does it matter much? I have a Celeron Qnap 25X that chews up everything I throw at it, the only limitation is the 8GB of RAM. IN fact, the limitation doesn't seem to be the processor on any of my stuff. It is either a dearth of supported RAM (like 8GB max), or a lack of an SSD or slow SSD's (which is another confusing topic eVVM, NVM, etc...).

If some of the most sophisticated operators were caught (vis-a-vis DPR (Silkroad)), why would "regular" families of wealth take a chance with crypto? I would humbly submit that regular tax evasion via LLC's, trusts and other holdings are much easier.

Pushback being a massive hack, hardfork, or massive devaluation? It is much easier to hide assets in plain sight imo.

Thank you. I am not a cop, but I am a firefighter. I am consistently amazed at humanity... in meatspace, not in a positive way. Then I read about it in pixel space and shake my head in amazement once more. You nailed it. Don't be a dumbass... it is shockingly easy.

Yeah! Let those men and women making $55k a year pay for their "arrest insurance!" /s

This is a terrible idea for so many reasons, I find it hard to believe it was brought up. Part of the reason why Doctors earn/charge so much is due to the insurance they must carry.

I am a first responder and I would gladly carry insurance if I was compensated for it. Taken one step further, I would now like to be compensated for the exposure to disease, injury, environmental toxins, and more. Maybe we should strike and show the public how much they get for $55k a year?

I imagine that if you created a product that could run my Python code without building a full container or image, you might call it "serverless."

How so? My Python Lambda functions have almost zero AWS boilerplate besides passing in the event and context to the function whether I use it or not.

I would argue that real infrastructure or vendor "lock in" is due to the friction of learning the API's associated with each cloud platform. Obviously, one can choose to use all the services of the cloud platform they will deploy to. However, and in most cases, that is not a strict requirement to use the cloud platform to begin with. "Lock in" seems more like a self-created problem than anything.

I definitely take your suggestions and prose seriously Mr. Ptacek. Do you use iCloud? How about macOS computers? Do you have an article or blog on what you do for backup/cloud?

Thank you for this kind of information. Very grateful to have this stuff at hand.

> Why Is Python Growing So Quickly?

Really easy to answer: It is stupid fun to program with Python. There are libraries for everything you can imagine and they are generally very easy to use. Once you grok the virtual environment thing, writing apps/programs/scripts is just a matter of creating a new env and installing the libs you need. Testing ideas with Jupyter notebook is fun, fast and rewarding. Pycharm is awesome. VSCode with Python just works. You can automate tons of boring stuff (Thanks Al!)... and the list goes on... and on...

I hope it does more than simply ChromeOS... the $200 dollar beaters are fine for what ChromeOS is. There are very few reasons to buy a "Chromebook Pixel" in 2017... unless it does something more than Chrome.

The thing is, you can get a Windows laptop with a bigger SSD, more RAM and ports for the same price as a decent Chromebook. Instead of jumping through hoops to run linux on chromeos, you can just install the distro of your choice as a windows replacement. My opinion: Developing on a chromebook is like typing with a hand behind your back; You can do it... but it doesn't make a lot of objective sense unless you have bizarre constraints that force you to make such concessions.

This is a great comment. I have never been a gamer... but now that I am moving back to windows... it just might become a thing.

So what macOS stuff do you run in "production" to users? Apple gets a free pass when it comes to the hard stuff and I am tired of it. At least Windows is can be run in "production"...

What do you use for a laptop or desktop?

None of it is the same thing, outside of linux, if you are being honest. You can't run a macOS script in web production. period. end of story. So with all platforms, sans linux proper, we resort to funny business to get things working locally and then do it different when it comes time to deploy. What are we doing? Just use linux... or MSFT/.net as it were.

The funny thing in all of this is that Apple have nothing to share with the rest of the world, sans swift. They got the underdog sympathy and have made a mockery of all who elevated them to their current status. That is, they have given JACK SHIT back to those who made them who they are.

> Yeah you can run actual server daemons on MacBook pro

Really? Can I run those Apple specific daemons on AWS, Azure, or GCloud? How about Digital Ocean or Linode. I would love to run my Apple Automator scripts on the web too, can I?

No, I am ceding that it's easier to develop linux apps on linux. "hardcore devs" on OSX have been deluding themselves for years, myself included. If I would have just buckled down with Linux, I would actually be much further ahead. macOS is really only good for iOS and macOS... nothing else runs it.

There is a world of Windows software that is not POSIX and has viable business opportunity. I've been neglecting that because "OSX rules! POSIX or bust!" mentality. I am going to change my mindset.

With the problems I see on the mac forums regarding the new MBP's, I don't think turning off the system is going to be much of an issue.

That said, I understand not wanting to restart in order to get work done. However, I am looking at it with the perspective that I will be able to fully focus on the tasks at hand (ala Deep Work by Cal Newport), in a distraction free environment.

What do you use now?

Why not dual boot linux and windows 10 or use a Linux VM? It takes like 10-15 seconds to reboot a machine these days. I am about to take the plunge toward a ThinkPad after many years with OSX (I haven't upgraded my 2011 17" to macOS).

My plan is to try dual booting linux and/or using a Linux VM. I think the biggest hurdle will be changing my mindset. That is, looking for the OSX version of whatever it is I am looking for. Wrapping my mind around Linux... just Linux for as much as possible.

I am looking forward to using just Linux as time goes on. I need to ween myself off of a few things before I can make the switch completely... I did it when I went from win to mac.

Sunglasses?

Sunglasses and hats too!

> Status symbol, you don't know I'm a "loser" making $150 a month, but you know that I have an iPhone.

So very sad. Generally you see this with people that can afford it the least. $999 for the base model is just ridiculous. Next year Apple will offer the "first ever", "incredible" 10 year amortization on the iPhone XI. Soon they will reach price parity with the MBP and one could have apple gear or a down payment on a nice house Phoenix.

You mean the notch of sensors? Yeah... not good.

So it will not work with sunglasses? FAIL if true.

> They did say you have to look directly at the phone.

But it will work with sunglasses too? I find it hard to believe. Just slap some sunglasses on the perp and unlock his phone. easy peezy.

Do you really think so? In my mind it doesn't matter that part manufacture is outsourced. I don't think design has been outsourced and if it has, they just give them new specs/targets to meet.

Will you please share the languages you thunk are up and coming?

I would love to see Police officers and Firefighters... anecdotally, I would expect a very high divorce rate.